Arrivals and Departures
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Arrivals and Departures — April 2026
Traveling through the desert of zines with the Critic with No Name- it’s April’s Arrivals and Departures by RJ Casey.
Arrivals and Departures — March 2026
Hello esteemed members of the Selection Committee. As you may have heard, this year’s tournament will be a little different. Instead of basketball teams, the field of 68 in 2026’s bracket will be populated with cartoonists.
Arrivals and Departures — February 2026
Enjoy what’s left of soup season with this collection of reviews from RJ.
Arrivals and Departures — January 2026
This month, RJ picks 10 comics from his to-read tower and jots down some micro-flash reviews.
Arrivals and Departures — December 2025
You’re going to get lonely unless you continually challenge your assumptions, why can’t you be more like RJ?
Arrivals and Departures — November 2025
RJ Casey has been trapped in the mine for 99 days, 100 if you’re reading this on the weekend.
Arrivals and Departures — October 2025
Why can’t you be more like RJ Casey? You’ll never make assistant to the head curator of The Met if you don’t continually challenge your prejudices! You may as well just lie down, you’re dead to me!
Arrivals and Departures — September 2025
Month after month I have put out reviews of the latest self-published and micropress offerings and do you know what I’ve gotten in return? A lot of DMs, that’s what.
Arrivals and Departures – August 2025
RJ Casey reviews 5 more zines of your dreams… or are they nightmares?
Arrivals and Departures — July 2025
In this very special episode of Arrivals and Departures, RJ Casey devotes his entire column to Henry McCausland’s River Rangers.
Arrivals and Departures — June 2025
Absolutely no one should rely on comics to save the world and no one should rely on comics criticism to do anything but make you, personally, feel bad. Here’s this month’s column.
Arrivals and Departures – May 2025
The next time YOU think you can turn in a finished draft of an article, including all necessary images and hyperlinks while caring for two sick kids, let me know. Otherwise, please enjoy May’s Arrivals and Departures from RJ Casey.
Arrivals and Departures — April 2025
RJ Casey looks at color and coloring and cuts a rug in April’s Arrivals and Departures.
Arrivals and Departures — March 2025
RJ Casey climbs back into the crevasse with newsprint-stained fingertips in this month’s Arrival’s and Departures.
Arrivals and Departures — January 2025
RJ Casey shakes the 8-ball to find out once and for all, are ‘zines’ electric? Mini-reviews are the only news you can use!
Arrivals and Departures — December 2024
RJ Casey takes a dry bath in the shredded pages of this month’s zines, but is this year’s zine the anthology zine? Only he and not you can decide!
Arrivals and Departures – November 2024
It’s November and you know what that means: another month to kiss the ground with gratitude that RJ Casey has read enough zines for another Arrivals and Departures column.
Arrivals and Departures — October 2024
RJ Casey read, loved, hated, and felt ambiguous about all of these zines this month- what have you don for me lately?
Arrivals and Departures- September 2024
RJ Casey has completed an entire year of Arrivals and Departures- what have you ever accomplished?
Arrivals and Departures- August 2024
RJ Casey frantically rolls up the window of the moving van so the zines don’t fly out: Harrison Wyrick’s ORB, Ashton Carless The Sammy Hernandez Saga part 1, Kamila Krol’s Rusalka: Whispers of The Forest.
Arrivals and Departures- May 2024
RJ Casey attempts to beat the entire editorial staff in pickleball, only to once again get distracted (and defeated) by zines.
Arrivals and Departures – April 2024
It’s back: YOUR favorite monthly column of small-press and self-published capsule reviews by RJ Casey. Why is it 80 degrees out in April?!
Arrivals and Departures – March 2024
RJ Casey is back to give you a healthy start to spring with even more sleep schedule tips! Plus three zine reviews.
Arrivals and Departures – February 2024
The classic burden: too many comics. Yes, RJ Casey bought too many comics at November’s Short Run Comix & Arts Festival – too many for last month, so here’s an extra-long column reviewing the rest of ’em.
